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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY COURT

Catalogue reference: D3246

What’s it about?

This record is about the CHESTERFIELD COUNTY COURT dating from 1856-1948.

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Full description and record details

Reference

D3246

Title

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY COURT

Date

1856-1948

Description
Description available at other catalogue level
Held by
Derbyshire Record Office
Language

English

Creator(s)
<corpname>Chesterfield County Court</corpname>
Physical description

14 Files

Immediate source of acquisition

These records were transferred to the Record Office by the Public Record Office under Section 4(1) of the Public Records Act 1958 in March 1989.

Administrative / biographical background

The court's area of jurisdiction included Barlow, Bolsover, Brampton, Brimington, Cutthorpe, Calow, Chesterfield, Clay Cross, Coal Aston, Dronfield, Eckington and its townships, Hasland, Heath, Holmesfield, Killamarsh, Newbold, North Wingfield, Staveley, Sutton cum Duckmanton, Tapton, Temple Normanton, Tupton, Unstone, Walton, Whittington, Wingerworth.

The modern county courts were established by an Act of 1846 intended to create courts for the easier recovery of small debts. Successive Acts added considerably to the County Courts' powers of jurisdiction but the records surviving for Chesterfield County Court do not reflect the full range of their jurisdiction. They do however include registers under the Workmen's Compensation Acts (and see D3246/3/5) and a reference to Bankruptcy Act 1883 (see D3246/2/1).

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/11b569b4-01a7-4043-92a3-6ee020a4344c/

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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY COURT